Stair covering



Dec. 30, 1924. "1,521,154

E. HYMAN sTAIR GOVERI'NG- Filed oct, '6.- 192s' IAVAVAUAVAYAVAVAV ELIASHYMAN, O'E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

STAIR CGVERING.

Application led etober 6, 1923. Serial No. 666,893.

To all lzii/tom t may cof/wem.' Be it known that l, ELms HYMAN, a.citizen of the United States, residing at 'Broolrlyin in the countyY oflzings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Stair Coverings, of which the following Vis aspecification.

This invention relates generally to stair coverings, having moreparticular reference to a stair covering made up of separate elementsadapted for individual application to the respective steps.

The invention has for an object thev provision of a novel and simplestair covering which can be readily applied to the stairs to have theappearance of a continuously ex-Y tending cover.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing my improvedcovering in place on a stairway.

Fig. 2 isa face view of one of the coverin sections, showingv the latterunbent.

Y Tig. 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof taken on the line 3 3 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of F ig. 2 but showing a modication.; V

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line of 5-5 ofFig. 4 but showing the cover with one side upturned in the positionassumed when in place ona stairway.

In constructing my improved stair covering l provide individual elementseach adapted to extend across a step and up the face of the next higherstep to a point adjacent the top thereof, and also to project slightlydownward at the front of the step to register with the next coveilelement. Each element comprises briefly a facing member, preferably ofcarpet, a stiffening member, and a base member to which the facingmember is attached, the stiffening member preferably possessing suicientrigidity to hold the facing member properly extended over the step,while being sufiiciently flexible to permit of bending to assume theposition on the step above noted.

Tn the present instance I attach tol the underside of the facing member,indicated at l0 in the drawing, the sheet 11 of felt paper or other likematerial which forms a base member, these parts 10 and 11 beingstitchedfnst together by aV longitudinal line of stitching 12 located atthe point where the cover is to be bent to extend up the face of theadjacent step. These parts 10, 11 are of substantially equal area andare of a suflicient width to extend over the step in the manner aboveset forth, A second sheet 14, of like material tothe sheet 11, is thenplaced under the sheet 11 and the three parts 10, 11 and 14 are thenstitched together along three sides as indicated at 155, leaving themunattached along the fourth side for the insertion of the stiifeningmember, and also of a Vfilling material 18 between the facing material10 and the base member 11 and at one side of the line of stitching toform a pad or cushion on the step. This stiifening member is here in theform of a comparatively thin sheet 2O of copper and is inserted betweenthe two felt paper sheets 11 and 14, being of slightly less area thanthese sheets so as to be confined within the stitched edges of thelatter. The parts 10, 11 and 14 are then stitched together along thefourth side, completing the cover element except for the necessarybending which is done at the time the cover is applied to the step. Thecover may be secured in place by screws, nails or other suitablefastening elements.

ln Figs. 4 and 5 l have shown a slightly modified construction which maybe manufactured'at less cost. This comprises the facing material 10,while a backing sheet 14 of less width is stitched thereto along threesides, a stiffening plate 20 of copper or of another cheaper metal, anda filling 18 being inserted between the two members 10 and 14. Themember 1() projects at one side beyond the backing 14, which latter isof a width Vcorresponding to the front to rear dimension of the step,and may have a wire 22 attached to and extending around the edgesthereof. This wire serves to hold the upwardly projecting portion ofmember 10 properly stretched, this upwardly projecting portion beingless liable to distortion than that extending over the top face of thestep.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent of the United IStates is as follows:

1. A stair covering element comprising a facing member, a pair of sheetmembers attachedet their edge thereto to form a. pocket between saidsheet members and a, stiening member in the seid pocket, one of saidsheet"Y members being ettachedto the facing mem- 5 ber along a linelocated between opposite edges of the covering element.

2. A stair covering element comprising a facing member, a. pair of sheetmembers aty tached at their edge thereto to form a. pocket 10 betweensaid sheet members and a stiffening member inthe said pocket, one ofsaidrsheet members being attached to the acingmem- Y ber along a Vlinelocated between opposite edges Yof the covering element, and paddingmaterial inserted between said `facing at one side ofsaidline.

Y In testimony whereofl have aiii-Xed signature. i Y,

vELIAS HYMAN.

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